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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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One Pair of Stairs WindowsThat they Appeared
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to be Single FiringsThat after those Firings out
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of the Windows the Soldiers were Ordered to Fire
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That they then Fired a great many times And Informts.
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thinks Principally at the One Pair of Stairs Room
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That some short time afterwards somebody At the Door
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Orderd' the Soldiers to
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Fire
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Load with BallWhether
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it was the Justice or the Commanding Officer gave that
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Order Informant knows
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Thinks the Soldiers
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being Killed was the Reason of that Orders being given
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That Directly afterwards they Fired as fast as they Loaded
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not in a regular mannerBut two or they at a
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time in different Parts of the HouseThat they had no Direction to Fire at any particulars PartThat there
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was One Man Fired into the Tap Room after there
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was an Order to Fire no moreThat he cannot
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Say he heard any Firing within the House Except from the One Pair of Stairs Windows as above
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That there was an Order given by the Commanding
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Officer to the Soldiers to keep themselves Close as if they
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were in an Engagemt.But whether such Order
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was given before or after they fired Informant
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cannot RecollectRather Thinks it was before
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they Fired at all
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